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by jr
Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:56 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Motorcycle Rifle Case?
Replies: 11
Views: 3268

Re: Motorcycle Rifle Case?

Correct - bungee cords to strap it down to the back. I have the rifle in a hard case similar to this one: http://www.phillycase.com/sc_images/products/im3300f.jpg (but a cheaper one), and I use three sturdy bungees as follows: One from each of the passenger peg frames in an "X" across to t...
by jr
Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:17 am
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Motorcycle Rifle Case?
Replies: 11
Views: 3268

Re: Motorcycle Rifle Case?

mtncwru - Great answers! Thorough, detailed, factual, and relevant. I agree that the car (or truck) is better than the motorcycle for that. Still, when it's not been my turn to have the family car I've carried rifles on the back of my motorcycle - in a locked hard case, strapped down securely on the...
by jr
Sun Mar 22, 2015 10:13 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Hey, Old Fart...
Replies: 5
Views: 1708

Re: Hey, Old Fart...

"...dang, I forgot, did I already post that or not? Aww, what the heck, just hit "submit" again..."
by jr
Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:49 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Keeping Calm
Replies: 54
Views: 9999

Re: Keeping Calm

Nicely done, congratulations!

Those are some nice awards.
by jr
Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:03 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: singing in your head makes better shooting?
Replies: 29
Views: 3277

Re: singing in your head makes better shooting?

Part of the lyrics from Led Zeppelin's "Battle of Evermore" (1971):

Shoot straighter than before


Good advice there.
by jr
Sat Jan 24, 2015 3:58 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Why Santa would be put in jail under Irish Firearms Law :D
Replies: 5
Views: 1578

Re: Why Santa would be put in jail under Irish Firearms Law

Thanks for sharing that. Very informative along with thorough, factually-based, well-reasoned arguments in addition to the Santa example. I didn't know much about Irish firearms law before reading your links so I was quite surprised to see how restrictive it is (a 1 joule limit on airguns before the...
by jr
Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:08 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Felt recoil, light vs heavy projectile
Replies: 31
Views: 8127

Re: Felt recoil, light vs heavy projectile

You'll just have to try it and see what "feels" better for you. The thing is, there are so many variables (the shape of the grip, the material the grip is made of, bore axis, how heavy your arm is, your shooting posture, the alignment of your arm(s), the proportion of muscle and adipose ti...
by jr
Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:04 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Merry Xmas
Replies: 8
Views: 1424

Re: Merry Xmas

by jr
Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:49 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Modern Pentathlon
Replies: 17
Views: 2836

Re: Modern Pentathlon

First everyone wanted a laser gun, then it turns out they're not quite as fun as we thought from the movies...
by jr
Sat Nov 22, 2014 5:43 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: FWB90
Replies: 22
Views: 3140

Re: FWB90

Ah, the implications of linguistic pragmatics in this thread.

If you appreciate william's and Rover's answers to the original post, and you speak Spanish, you're sure to enjoy this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYhwgs_i7_4
("Panadería")
by jr
Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:19 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: First Match whoo whoo
Replies: 3
Views: 1115

Re: First Match whoo whoo

That's great! It sounds like you did really well, and even more importantly you are happy with what you did and how you did it. After all, that's the real goal, right? I remember my first 10m air pistol match very clearly. First of all, although I started the day excited about the match, that quickl...
by jr
Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:31 pm
Forum: Bullseye Pistol Talk
Topic: I need a very reliable 22 for bullseye compitition.
Replies: 41
Views: 9387

Re: I need a very reliable 22 for bullseye compitition.

FYI - the "Gemtech Silencer Subsonic" 22 LR ammo is made by CCI for Gemtech and it seems to be very similar to the CCI SV (except for the extra 2 grains in the bullet). Sometimes it's more readily available than the CCI SV. It might work with your High Standard. I signed up for a 'notify m...
by jr
Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:01 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Keeping Calm
Replies: 54
Views: 9999

Re: Keeping Calm

You can shoot quiet well with an elevated heart rate while under pressure. You just have to realise it (very easy to tell your self but very hard to really convince your self of the fact.) I shot a 99 in comp with a hear rate monitor on and me heart rate was at 198, only 5 beats off my max. I was s...
by jr
Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:54 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: cheapest 10m competition pistol on the market ?
Replies: 37
Views: 6297

Re: cheapest 10m competition pistol on the market ?

This thread might have drifted a bit away from the original question: Cheapest 10m competition pistol on the market. Of course, technically that would be the cheapest .177 pistol that conforms to the rules (e.g. fits in the dimension box, 500g trigger, etc.). There's a lot of advice to "buy the...
by jr
Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:00 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Air pistol bore polisher
Replies: 5
Views: 2045

What you need are chocolate pellets:
http://www.wildwoodsurvival.com/surviva ... colatebar/
by jr
Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:09 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: CO2 PISTOLS & RIFLES
Replies: 14
Views: 2040

Rover wrote:... instead of pestering us with this crap.
Haha. Good one, Rover.

Rover:
Total posts: 2475
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by jr
Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:37 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Lead Free Pellets
Replies: 16
Views: 4852

We don't need no stinkin' lead free pellets! “ Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose .” - Baltasar Gracián (Rover: Ya get it? If so, you too should probably worry about lead. If not, continue not worrying...) ----- I am curious about this. I didn't even know that there were lead-free tar...
by jr
Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:47 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: LED lighting for ranges?
Replies: 26
Views: 6110

Well, the *potential* for excellent lighting is there with LED, it just requires some research and some capital outlay. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has just completed a major renovation in which they replaced all of their lighting with LED. One review said that it clearly demonstrated that ".....
by jr
Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:21 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: ISSF quality trigger weights
Replies: 30
Views: 6054

renzo wrote:
jr wrote:
I can't speak for what kind of reaction you'd get at your club matches because I've never been there and I don't know who goes to your matches.
So don't!!
Oops, I did!
by jr
Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:35 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: New shooter needing advice
Replies: 24
Views: 4945

It's a waste of bullets to shoot free pistol with anything else than a free pistol! I disagree. I have used a factory-stock single-action revolver with a 5 1/2" barrel to shoot several FP matches. Single-loading each round through the loading gate every time. I'm no Top Shot, and I couldn't ev...